Burying the hatchet, modern-day Borden sisters embrace their family history

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arol Ann Shogi, left, who portrayed Lizzie Borden at the dramatization Tuesday, and Ellen Borden, a descendant of Lizzie Borden who played Mrs. Bowen, stand back to back at Maplecroft to portray a young and mature version of Lizzie Borden.

Burying the hatchet, modern-day Borden sisters embrace their family history
Deborah Allard
Posted Aug. 4, 2015 at 8:35 PM
Updated at 8:42 PM

FALL RIVER — For modern-day Borden sisters Ellen and Barbara, the house where their ancestors were brutally murdered 123 years ago on Aug. 4 isn’t at all creepy.

In fact, they were dressed in period costume on Tuesday and portrayed characters in the annual Pear Essential Players dramatization at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast/Museum.

“We’re cousins, distant cousins,” said Ellen Borden, who played Mrs. Phebe Bowen, a neighbor of the Bordens. Her sister, Barbara Morrissey Borden, portrayed Miss Manning, a Herald News reporter.

The sisters are the daughters of Robert Cook Borden Jr. They share a common ancestor. Lizzie Borden’s great-grandfather is their great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. The relation, however, is not direct, as Lizzie and her sister, Emma, had no children.